صرصر

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صرصر¹

  • /sˤar.sˤa.ra/

Where it comes from

Arguably an Aramaic loan, with sound meanings present also in صَلْصَلَ (ṣalṣala), and both consonantisms with such meanings long present in Aramaic, unless the sound verb was formed independently from the animal-name صَرْصَار (ṣarṣār), صُرْصُر (ṣurṣur), صُرْصُور (ṣurṣūr, “cricket”).

verb صَرْصَرَ · ṣarṣara · يُصَرْصِرُ · صَرْصَرَة · مُصَرْصِر

  1. to produce high-pitched discontinuous beeping sound, to squeak

صرصر²

  • /sˤur.sˤur/

noun صُرْصُر · ṣurṣur · صَرَاصِر · الصُّرْصُر

  1. alternative alternative form of صُرْصُور (ṣurṣūr), صَرْصَار (ṣarṣār, “cricket; cockroach”)

صرصر³

  • /sˤar.sˤar/

noun صَرْصَر · ṣarṣar · الصَّرْصَر · صَرْصَرٌ

  1. piercing or ravaging wind; Sarsar وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

صرصر⁴

  • /sˤar.sˤa.ra/

verb صَرْصَرَ · ṣarṣara · يُصَرْصِرُ · صَرْصَرَة · مُصَرْصِر

  1. nonstandard nonstandard form of صَلْصَلَ (ṣalṣala, “to apply argil upon”)

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"صرصر." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%B1. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

صرصر. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%B1

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"صرصر." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%B1.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {صرصر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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